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" newsletter from the Ubrarkl' to The Claremont (: nt. edll. ~ ctt~ On5 Honnold/ Mudd library He- rooling Project
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The Eighteenth Century Is Now Online
The Libraries have expanded our already impressive ac cess to early mod ern resources with Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Scholars of early modern literature, history, philosophy, religion, art, music, government, and law have been singing the praises of two of
our most popular full- text resources, Early English Books Online ( known affectionately as EEBO) and Evans Digital Edition, the digital version of Early American Imprints. Ana logous to microform sets that the Libraries have owned for many years, these two resources have made it ea sier than ever to access a great portion of the printed output for the early modern English­speaking
world- materials listed in Po llard &: Redgrave ' s Short- Title Catalogue 1475- 1640, Wing's Short- Title Catalog ue 1641- 1700, the Th omason Tracts 1640- 1661 and Early American Imprints ([ 639- 1800). However, there has always been a gap in our access to materials indexed in the English Short Title Catalogue: the massive and enor­mously
expensive microform set known as The Eighteenth Century. The good news is that great reward s sometimes come to those who are patient: materials in The Eighteenth Century collection are now being digitized and the Libraries have purchased the digital collection. In its first phase, the resou rce has " every page from 150,000 books" printed in English from 1700 to 1800. As with Early English Books Online and Evans Digital Edition, each and every title in Eighteenth Century Collections Online \ X1e are pleased to announce that the project to provide a new roof for Honnold/ Mudd Library is nearing completion! The re- roofing began on October 16, 2003 and is now seventy- five percent co mplete. Most of the remaining work will not involve the noise disturbances of heavy demolition; furthermore, the heatinu ventilation and air conditioning svstern ( HVAC) \ vill no lonuer need to
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be turned off. ensuring a more comfortable climate within the library. The remaining work will in large part be focused on the portion of the roofwhich covers the Search Center ( Mudd side of the library) and will be the most CCJ! 1l­plex
portion of the project due to the close proximity of telephone antennas and vertical cement columns found on this area of the roof.
We would like to thank all patrons of H onnold/ M udd Library for your co ntinued support and understanding during this re- roofing project. We will continue to Ido I all that we can to alleviate any inconveniences caused by the project.
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Additional Construction Updates: ı The sidewalk on the south side of the library which extends from Columbia toı Dartmou th Avenue is now reopened. It was closed due to the digging of twoı new manholes. which are now co mplete. ı
The bookdrop on the east side of Honnold / Mudd , which had been temporarilyı moved during construction, has now been moved back to its original location onı the corner of Columbia and 8th Street. ı
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I Welcome Our New Stanl
JASON S. PRICE, the Libraries' new science librarian, earned a B. i\. in biology and anthropology from UC Santa Barbara. and a Ph. D. in evolu­tionary
ecology and an M. L. S. from Indiana University. Graduate stu­dent
teaching and research experi­F
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ences convinced him of the vital role of library education and servic­-
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Jason sees sci­t.•••
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ence librarian­ship
as an
op portunity to
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use his passion for teachi ng critical thinking and back­ground
in the life sciences to
will be listed in and accessible through further developı Blais, the online catalog. If you preferı
the role of theı to search the entire collection, you canı
library in learning, teaching, and
also connect directly to Eighteenth research. In addition to developingı Century Collections Online from the list and teaching t\ VO literature- basedı of databases by title on the Libraries'ı
courses in biology, he has extensive web site. As with other c- reso urces, off­experience
with Endnote, and hası campus users will be prompted to logı
spent much of the past year devel­ıin
before they can access the database. ı
o ping li brary electronic resource
instruction programs for undergradu­For
more information, please contact ates and researchers in the life sci­Adam
Rosenkranz or Gale Burrow ences. For more on his teachingı ( ga le. buITO\ v@ libra ries. c! aremont. edu). ı
and research, please see http:// sunllowcr. hin. indian: l. edu/- ir rice.
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CONNECTIONS~ Founders Room Reopens dS C entrdl Gdthering Pldce Persyect- ive
Although o ne had to imagin e the fa nfares and drumro lls. vocal classics cc lch ruting the first airp lanes . md flying
Founders Room during ope n hours an d may bring stu dents as their guests, Inq u iries about
MIKE EMERY I grew lip rcaclinj; : 111 ( treasuring hooks , su it b not ~ lII' rr isi ng tha t I
reso unded in the Libraries Fo unders Room at its Grand
re se rvat io ns lo r interco llegia te l1leet ings a nd
ha ve 1' 0 md my sel f pu r. uing a
Reopening rece ptio n on \ X! ednesd ay.
ovc mbc r 5, 200:\,
events may be di rected to Kathy Kyle. A sist: mt
:' l aS ler' ~ degree In Library and
The day also mark ed lhe opening of
an exhibitio n,
to the Director of Libraries, in l. ibrar,
Ad m in is­lnlorrn.
uion ~ l'i ' IKe, But , \\ hi lc ho() k ~
" Celebra ting the Wright Brothers First Flight: Trea su res from the Ca rru thers Aviatio n Co llectio n," w hich rema ined o n
tnuio n. () 2 1- HO · j'j , You m ight ask , w ho are these " Founders'?
\\' er e one of my initial p ulls, 1I1! og\', spe " ificall )
ing roo m lo r faculty and sta ll' o f all TIle Co lleges and Cl IC,
Cla remont Co llege ( now CCe) after their return
the in ternet.
has led : 1 fL · \\
lricnd x t(>
the Founders Room is locat ed o n the seco nd flo or o f Honn okl/ Mucld Library and is open ~' I u nday through Friday
to Californ ia in the ea rly 1920' s follow ing : 1 m in­ing
and ph ilanthrop ic ca ree r in South l\ friGI a nd
ask w hy I'd w ' t a degree in xoui e­thing
th at d oesn ' t mailer anymo re , hu t I think till ' ro ll' 01' libruriuns is
fro m l) am-( jpm,
Accord ing to Bo nnie Cle me ns, Director of"
Europe, Attracted to the ideal of a larue , ce ntra l
m ore import an t than ever, Wil ik.: tile
Libraries , " All Iacult y and staff membe- rs arc
invited to cnjoy
library th at w o u ld un ify the yo ung
consort ium ,
po w e r ami scope or the inte rn et is
the Fo unders Room, w hether attending an Interco llegiate
the Honno lds pledged $ 1, OOO.( X lO, Their vision
imm cdi. uc lv o bvio us to a nyo ne
w ho
lecture o r event. o r just bringi ng a lun ch and peaceful midda y break."
a book lor a
became a rea lity w ith the co nstructio n of Ho nn old Library in 19' 12, A half ce ntury late r,
has ever used Gooule. so tou arc the lack or organization and th e cha l­le
ng es in finding actually rele va nt
Th e Fou nders Room o pene d orig ina lly in 1952 with th e
this gI: md an d gw cio us Fo unde rs ! V JOI1l
dedicat­inlorm.
uion. As m or e a nd
more con­d
edi cation of Honnold Library an d
was the sce ne o f man y
ed to advan cing intercolleg iality a nd friendship
tent ix pu : online . it hecol11es increa s­lectures,
rece ptions, tea s. ami o the r gathe rings unt il the
across the co lleges would please the l lonno kls,
ingly im po rta nt to dev el op mc ch a­ma
jor re novation of the Honnold bu ild ing that began in 200(). A lack o f funds postponed the desired concurre nt
w ho hoped that their library would he a " syrn­hoi
of the unity a nd pUlp ose of the Claremont
nis ms [ o r searchi ng lo r inlo rm. uio n tha t is actu al ly re leva nt . and thus lib mrian s, w ho spec ialize in thi s,
upgrading o f the Founders Room. Wh en the Facult y House
group ."
becomes
increasin gl y im por tan t.
closed , me mbers of the Faculty House Board o f Directors, including I I:-''! C founding president Joseph Platt , sug" t; ested
jllt\ r Hanev Sabali 1l.~'; sIW I I Director ofLibraries a m/ /) e ll [, WiI/ Librarian
Mi ~' e Emcr » IlulI l/ uld / M udd Library
that its assets be transferred to eTC to ena ble the Libraries
jU( / r l }{/ I',:):\{/ l lI, NNihm,' i"\', clal'-! 91/ j) was oneofourfirst and mostcelebrated natu­g
ralists, explorers, and conservationists, Through his writings, Muir ••••••" osTER'" • 11lto rHtQ